averydonovan
Headphoneus Supremus
I currenly have a Fujifilm A205 that I bought back in mid-2004 that seemed like a great buy at the time, but over time it turned out to be useless for nearly anything except Ebay pics and bright outdoor pictures. Pictures are very grainy and often underexposed, and low-light shots without a flash are hopeless. My older Olympus D-100 took far better pictures, although it was 1.2MP versus the Fuji's 2MP, and had no optical zoom. I think one difference is that the old Olympus had a CCD image sensor and the Fuji has a CMOS sensor.
Soon I'll be going on vacation and would like to have a good digital camera that costs around $200 that can take good pics. It needs to be at least as good as my old Olympus (examples here). Also, it must take SD memory cards and no more than 2 AA batteries as well as having optical zoom. I have a good set of rechargeables already and don't care to carry around too many extra batteries, and I have a small collection of SD and SD-compatible (miniSD and microSD) cards built up that I'd like to use. I've read a lot about the Canon A520 and its in my price range, and is quite readily available, but its slow speed seems to be a common complaint. The Casio Exilim EX-Z110 is also in my range but it is hard to find real reviews on it, and it's not so readily available. Anybody here use either of those two models or have any other suggestions?
Soon I'll be going on vacation and would like to have a good digital camera that costs around $200 that can take good pics. It needs to be at least as good as my old Olympus (examples here). Also, it must take SD memory cards and no more than 2 AA batteries as well as having optical zoom. I have a good set of rechargeables already and don't care to carry around too many extra batteries, and I have a small collection of SD and SD-compatible (miniSD and microSD) cards built up that I'd like to use. I've read a lot about the Canon A520 and its in my price range, and is quite readily available, but its slow speed seems to be a common complaint. The Casio Exilim EX-Z110 is also in my range but it is hard to find real reviews on it, and it's not so readily available. Anybody here use either of those two models or have any other suggestions?